U.S. President Barack Obama has met with visiting Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at the White House.
Poroshenko went into the meeting hoping to convince the U.S. president to provide weapons to Ukrainian government forces battling pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Before the September 18 meeting with President Obama, Poroshenko noted the United States has been giving Ukraine non-lethal supplies and equipment but Poroshenko said, “Blankets and night visions goggles are important, but one cannot win a war with a blanket.”
However, it seems Poroshenko went away disappointed as there was no word after his meeting with Obama that the United States was prepared …read more
